Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains, A Historical Tale., part 4, sentence 19
A fiery-red, gold-bordered mantle hung in bunchy folds from his shoulders; a broad, drooping Spanish hat, with a long, waving red plume, sat sideways on his head, and a long rapier hung at his side.
Who acts: long waving red plume, long rapier · What happens: border, hang, droop, wave, sit · To what, where: red bordered mantle, bunchy folds, Spanish hat, head, side
This is a sentence of «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, A Historical Tale., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (long waving red plume, long rapier), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mantle | det |
| 2 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 red | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 fiery | punct |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mantle | amod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 red | punct |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bordered | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 gold | punct |
| 8 | bordered | border | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 mantle | amod |
| 9 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 mantle | acl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 folds | case |
| 12 | bunchy | bunchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 folds | amod |
| 13 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 hung | obl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 shoulders | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 16 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 folds | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 broad | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 broad | det |
| 19 | broad | broad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mantle | parataxis |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 drooping | punct |
| 21 | drooping | droop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 broad | advcl |
| 22 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 hat | amod |
| 23 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 drooping | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 plume | punct |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 plume | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 plume | det |
| 27 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 plume | amod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 long | punct |
| 29 | waving | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 31 plume | amod |
| 30 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 plume | amod |
| 31 | plume | plume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 broad | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 sat | punct |
| 33 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 plume | acl:relcl |
| 34 | sideways | sideways | ADV | _ | 33 sat | advmod |
| 35 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 head | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 head | nmod:poss |
| 37 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 sat | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 hung | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 hung | cc |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 rapier | det |
| 41 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 rapier | amod |
| 42 | rapier | rapier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hung | nsubj |
| 43 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 sat | conj |
| 44 | at | at | ADP | _ | 46 side | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 side | nmod:poss |
| 46 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 hung | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 mantle | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | border | participle | gold compound | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hang | participle | a red bordered mantle not said here | bunchy folds from heart's shoulders | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fold=Location | ||||
| 3 | droop | gerund | Spanish hat | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hat=Theme | |||||
| 4 | wave | gerund | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | sit | past | a long waving red plume not said here | heart's head | sideways property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location | |||
| 6 | hang | past | a long rapier | heart's side | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at side=Location |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Legends and tales of the Harz Mountains» by Toofie Lauder, Project Gutenberg book 74323 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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